Stories
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Active pensioners, blooming gardens
To reach your 70s with over 300,000 Twitter followers or running a music festival is not the stereotypical image of retirement. But does this energetic engagement with life equal happiness?
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Happy Joy Smile
Drawn from real-life experiences, this short story depicts a character negotiating the UK’s current mental health system. Discover what happens as they encounter waiting lists, sketchy healthcare and punitive government bureaucracy.
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Life lessons across the digital divide
What could 86-year-old Tony teach 20-something Adele as she showed him how to use his smartphone? Rather a lot about digital exclusion, it turns out.
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Words of hope and anger
Author and spoken word poet Penny Pepper remembers her childhood dreams, and speaks out against the barriers society uses to prevent disabled people from fulfilling their potential.
Catalogue
- Ephemera
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Pensions appeal tribunal (assessment) [form] / Ministry of Pensions.
Great Britain. Ministry of Pensions.Date: 1946- Archives and manuscripts
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Pensions Book
Date: 24 February 1916 - 30 September 1922Reference: RET/3/7/12Part of: The Retreat Archive- Archives and manuscripts
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Pensions Cash Book
Date: 24 February 1916 - 31 March 1924Reference: RET/3/7/13Part of: The Retreat Archive- Archives and manuscripts
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Pensions and Gratuities
Date: 1947 - 1956Reference: RET/3/7/19Part of: The Retreat Archive- Archives and manuscripts
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Pensions Ledger: Staff Contributions
Date: 1920 – c 1956Reference: RET/3/7/23Part of: The Retreat Archive